Maranges is the southernmost Côte de Beaune appellation. This, the gateway to Côte Challonaise, is not on the collectors’ purview. Their loss, because some of the wines, especially those planted... read more →
Part of the new generation of Beaujolais winemakers, Yohan has arrived. He works on 6.5 hectares. The Moulin is his largest holding, its soil mixed with three colors of glorious... read more →
The wines of Patrick Le Brun couldn’t be more different than from those of Selosse, his more famous Avize neighbor. The two are a study in terroir interpretation; the fat... read more →
From everyone’s favorite mustachioed vigneron comes Les Houx, previously known as Hermines d’Or. This is quintessential muscadet, and muscadet is a quintessential TFL wine. The vines are over 70-years- old... read more →
Sure, I listed this wine in November but it bears repeating. This is your party wine for the season. It’s totally satisfying in that warm way of the south of... read more →
This is the third wine of Jeff Coutelou’s that I’ve recommended in two issues. A fan? I should say. This drinks a little tough and rough and shows alcohol, but... read more →
Château-Chalon is a bowl-like terroir, the most famed in the Jura. Everything made there is Vin Jaune: savagnin raised under a voile (veil—aka flor) for six years and three months... read more →
I’ve been beating the Claire Naudin drum for a long time, and the truth is, they’re terribly hard to find in the United States, or anywhere else for that matter.... read more →
Fabrice Dodane is doing particularly beautiful work on the whites; the terroir shines through. From the melon queue to the 2008 sous voile, these should be on your scan. I... read more →
Another I’ve been yammering about, and some will be coming to Wine Society folk. Rateau was probably the first biodynamic producer in Burgundy, and while almost everyone respects him and... read more →